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Data for March 2025 Release Date: May 22, 2025 Next Release Date: June 25, 2025 Full report PDF

SAS Output

Table 2.4.C. Natural Gas: Consumption for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output,

by Sector, 2015-March 2025 (Million Cubic Feet)

		Electric Power Sector
Period	Total (all sectors)	Electric Utilities	Independent Power Producers	Commercial Sector	Industrial Sector
Annual Totals
2015	10,951,674	4,753,315	4,860,055	116,380	1,221,924
2016	11,321,975	5,056,990	4,928,280	127,246	1,209,459
2017	10,676,606	4,793,632	4,471,933	154,383	1,256,658
2018	12,048,091	5,603,423	4,995,888	134,507	1,314,273
2019	12,808,883	6,023,324	5,276,029	135,310	1,374,220
2020	13,220,728	6,243,178	5,388,546	130,671	1,458,334
2021	12,724,410	5,925,545	5,303,041	116,631	1,379,193
2022	13,590,336	6,422,369	5,669,175	123,342	1,375,449
2023	14,455,000	6,867,338	6,072,869	118,901	1,395,893
2024	15,015,420	7,301,437	6,196,052	118,748	1,399,184
Year 2023
January	1,092,437	513,994	448,582	10,306	119,555
February	982,491	456,366	409,217	9,481	107,428
March	1,062,781	502,593	433,192	9,842	117,154
April	976,224	464,102	397,814	8,736	105,572
May	1,110,234	545,294	443,445	8,961	112,535
June	1,303,039	633,031	543,680	9,616	116,712
July	1,605,852	777,504	695,593	11,234	121,521
August	1,602,122	789,709	680,198	10,702	121,512
Sept	1,325,009	623,952	573,638	10,201	117,219
October	1,138,045	531,097	483,641	9,504	113,803
November	1,088,963	491,203	470,719	9,745	117,295
December	1,167,802	538,492	493,151	10,573	125,586
Year 2024
January	1,278,995	597,589	538,858	11,200	131,348
February	1,041,348	487,229	429,967	10,214	113,937
March	1,047,790	497,759	424,491	10,439	115,101
April	1,001,817	477,542	402,896	8,648	112,729
May	1,167,177	581,379	463,928	8,846	113,024
June	1,363,387	680,146	563,938	9,559	109,743
July	1,661,513	839,725	694,657	10,375	116,755
August	1,624,516	817,768	675,711	10,424	120,613
Sept	1,350,180	667,199	560,736	9,415	112,829
October	1,190,304	578,442	492,210	9,385	110,267
November	1,116,792	536,165	455,880	9,478	115,269
December	1,171,603	540,492	492,779	10,765	127,568
Year 2025
January	1,268,774	594,351	533,540	10,991	129,893
February	1,055,316	489,211	444,417	9,813	111,876
March	962,075	449,342	384,439	9,663	118,631
Year to Date
2023	3,137,709	1,472,953	1,290,990	29,628	344,137
2024	3,368,132	1,582,577	1,393,317	31,853	360,385
2025	3,286,165	1,532,904	1,362,395	30,467	360,399
Rolling 12 Months Ending in March
2024	14,685,423	6,976,962	6,175,195	121,125	1,412,141
2025	14,933,453	7,251,764	6,165,131	117,362	1,399,197

Notes: Beginning with the collection of Form EIA-923 in January 2008, the methodology to allocate total fuel consumption for electricity generation and consumption for useful thermal output was changed.
The new methodology was retroactively applied to 2004-2007 data. See the Technical Notes (Appendix C) for further information. See Glossary for definitions.
Values for 2023 and prior years are final. Values for 2024 and 2025 are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923 and predecessor forms.
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-920 Combined Heat and Power Plant Report, and predecessor forms.
Beginning with 2008 data, the Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report, replaced the following: Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; Form EIA-920, Combined Heat and Power Plant Report.